Davao City—Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) said it is slowly restoring air travel from its hub here, with flights to Manila, Cebu and Zamboanga City.
From a peak of 10 flights to Manila before the quarantine period last year, 3 have been installed but still, not on a daily basis, the PAL station here said.
The morning flight, for instance, scheduled at 8:30 am, flies on Tuesdays, Wednesday, Fridays and on weekends. Its noon flight, 12:25 pm, flies only on Mondays and Thursdays. Its 5:25 p.m. flight flies only Saturdays.
It has mounted a single flight to Cebu, only on Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 10:10 a.m.
The flight to Zamboanga City has also been installed but only on Mondays, at 1:30 p.m.
In March last year, only a few days before the lockdown in Metro Manila and Luzon, the Davao City hub of PAL flew to 7 destinations, including Iloilo, Siargao, Panglao in Bohol, and Clark.
PAL Spokesperson Cielo Villaluna told reporters in Manila that it would revive the flights to Iloilo, Siargao and Tagbilaran from its Davao City hub to help revive the economy in Mindanao.
Villaluna disclosed that PAL’s Davao City hub would be the first to be revved up as a large part of its operation in Manila, Cebu and Clark hubs remained suspended due to the Covid-19 restrictions imposed on air travel.